How The Irish Saved Civilization

''Shamelessly engaging, effortlessly scholarly, utterly refreshing''
Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler''s Ark

''A small treasure''
New York Times

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Sunday Telegraph

Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Vi...